The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
• March 1st, 1985 • 1h 22min
Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
Overview
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Living in Oblivion
Released on: 1995-07-21
Comedy
Low-budget independent filmmaker Nick Reve tries to keep everything together as his production is pl...
Dying Young
Released on: 1991-06-20
Drama, Romance
After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start an...
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
Released on: 1995-09-08
Comedy, Drama
Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securi...
Medicine Man
Released on: 1992-02-07
Adventure, Drama, Romance
An eccentric scientist in the Amazon jungle rejects his research assistant for being a woman, but as...
The Wedding Banquet
Released on: 1993-03-01
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marr...
John Tucker Must Die
Released on: 2006-07-27
Comedy, Romance
After discovering they are all dating the same same guy, three popular students from different cliqu...
S1m0ne
Released on: 2002-08-23
Science Fiction, Comedy, Drama, Romance
The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walk...
Look at Me
Released on: 2012-01-01
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Finding love in city can be hard, keeping it can be harder. Look at Me revolves around the lives of ...
Space Oddity
Released on: 2023-03-31
Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction, Drama
A space-obsessed man gets the opportunity of a lifetime thanks to a Mars colonization program but fi...
Newsies
Released on: 2017-02-16
Music, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When t...
The Family Stone
Released on: 2005-12-15
Comedy, Drama, Romance
An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing famil...
Crocodile Dundee II
Released on: 1988-05-19
Adventure, Comedy
Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.
Manhattan
Released on: 1979-04-25
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further ...
A Week in Paradise
Released on: 2022-02-11
Romance, Comedy
Actress Maggie's world collapses when her director husband is outed by the paparazzi when it’s disco...
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Released on: 1988-06-22
Fantasy, Animation, Comedy, Crime
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the stu...
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Released on: 1973-10-17
Comedy
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted Fren...
Not Okay
Released on: 2022-07-29
Comedy, Drama
An ambitious young woman, desperate for followers and fame, fakes a trip to Paris to up her social m...
Annie Hall
Released on: 1977-04-19
Comedy, Drama, Romance
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.